Accreditation
The Oregon Health & Science University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCU) and has been re-affirmed accreditation until 2015. For more information, contact: NWCCU, 8060 165th Ave NE Suite 100, Redmond, Wash. 98052, 425 558-4224 or http://www.nwccu.org/.
The School of Nursing undergraduate and master programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. For more information, contact: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036-1120, 202 463-6930, or http://www.aacn.nche.edu/.
The on-campus doctoral program is authorized by the Oregon University System Chancellor’s Office P. O. Box 751, Portland, Ore., 97207-0751, 503 725-5700, or http://www.ous.edu.
Additionally, the regional doctoral program in nursing is authorized to grant the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing in several Western states (i.e., Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Washington). The regional doctoral program offered in Tacoma, Washington, requires us to provide students with the following information:
Oregon Health & Science University is authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board and meets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree Authorization Act. This authorization is valid until July 11, 2007 and authorized Oregon Health & Science University to offer the following degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing. Any person desiring information about the requirements of the Act or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the HECB office at PO Box 43430, Olympia, Wash. 98504-3430.
The Nurse-Midwifery Program is accredited by the Division of Accreditation, American College of Nurse-Midwives, 818 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington DC, 20006, 301 459-1321, or visit the ACNM Web site at http://www.acnm.org.
The Nurse Anesthesia program is accreditation by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, 222 South Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, Ill., 60068-4001, 847 692-7050 or visit the AANA Web site http://www.aana.com/.
